"If time travel, Romances, or Vikings are your thing, then this book is for you."

Undercurrent

by Michelle Griep

Genre: Romance, Time Travel

Book Synopsis

Professor Cassie Larson leads a life her undergrad students hope to attain, until she tumbles into the North Sea and is sucked into a vortex...and a different century.

Alarik, son of a Viking chieftain, is blamed for a murder he didn't commit-or did he? He can't remember. On the run, saving a half-drowned foreign woman wasn't in his plan.

Ragnar is a converted pagan shunned by many but determined to prove his Cousin Alarik's innocence. He didn't count on falling in love with Cassie or the deadly presence of evil that threatens his village in Alarik's absence.

Bec's Rating

Bec's Review

This is one of those romance stories where the heroine is swept back in time to another era and must try to fit in. There are a few out there so the plot is a bit predictable at times, though that doesn’t stop it from being a truly enjoyable read that had me hanging onto every word. Just because something has been done before doesn’t mean that it can’t be a fresh and riveting read and while most readers can predict from the synopsis how this story will end I can say that there are a few surprises waiting in the pages.

Set in the Viking Era, Undercurrent tells the story of Cassie (or Cass ee), who has been swept from her time into the past. Luckily she’s a linguist so the language barrier doesn’t prove a problem for long, though it does provide some cute misunderstandings. Our other main characters are two strong Vikings, though there is no love triangle in this book. You soon learn just who is interested in who. Despite knowing who Cassie would end up with before she did I was pleased with the progression of her relationship, from meeting the Viking in question, getting to know, learning of his affections and eventually falling for him herself. It had a natural and slow progression, different to the many speedy relationships that grace the romance genre, and it is this slow progression that makes it seem more authentic.

If time travel, Romances, or Vikings are your thing then this book is for you. I truly enjoyed it, devouring it in a lazy day spent reading. The author has an ability to set a scene and draw you in, so that you really feel for the plight of the characters and hope they succeed in their trails. All in all Undercurrent is a good read.

Disclaimer: May not be appropriate for children due to violence.